“Hey, I made you a mixtape,” FKA twigs whispers in the opening interlude to her new mixtape over a very distorted background voice. “Because when I feel you, I feel me/ And when I feel me/ It feels good.” With the click of a tape, the track then morphs…

Kyle J. Kohner checks in with his own list of the best albums of the year. The conclusion includes Angel Olsen, SWANS, IDER, Otoboke Beaver, Girl Band, Denzel Curry, Ioanna Gika, Megan Thee Stallion, Vagabon, Show Me The Body, The Murder Capital, Devon Welsh, Black Marble, (Sandy) Alex G,…

FKA twigs performs at The Fox Theater in Oakland on Nov. 6, 2019. Photos: Jane Hu. OAKLAND — Encompassing down-beat electronic trance music, contemporary dance and a grandiose sense of visual presentation, British artist FKA twigs stirred an uproar of enthusiastic fandom at the Fox Theater during an immersive performance-art…